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Posted June 02, 2014 23:59 · last edited June 03, 2014 00:01

Buffon II wrote:
Lonegunmen wrote:

In Rubgy Union's case there's about 24 countries involved at decent standard and that's not bad but a long way off what football has.


Name these mythical 24 countries you speak of.



IRB World Rankings

Rank Change* Team Points 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
Top 25 Rankings as 2 June 2014[1]
New Zealand 93.81
South Africa 89.34
Australia 86.88
England 85.68
Ireland 82.13
Wales 80.70
France 80.07
1 Argentina 76.44
1 Samoa 75.49
Scotland 75.16
Fiji 74.21
1 Japan 73.90
1 Tonga 73.21
Italy 72.05
Canada 70.75
Georgia 70.46
Romania 68.08
United States 67.21
Russia 63.43
Uruguay 61.86
Spain 60.65
Namibia 58.79
Hong Kong 58.47
Portugal 57.73
1 South Korea 57.22


And if you say South Korea or Portugal don't count then you could argue that NZ in football, don't either.

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ForteanTimes edited June 03, 2014 00:01
Buffon II wrote:
Lonegunmen wrote:

In Rubgy Union's case there's about 24 countries involved at decent standard and that's not bad but a long way off what football has.


Name these mythical 24 countries you speak of.



IRB World Rankings

Top 25 Rankings as 2 June 2014[1]
Rank Change* Team Points
1 New Zealand 93.81
2 South Africa 89.34
3 Australia 86.88
4 England 85.68
5 Ireland 82.13
6 Wales 80.70
7 France 80.07
8 1 Argentina 76.44
9 1 Samoa 75.49
10 Scotland 75.16
11 Fiji 74.21
12 1 Japan 73.90
13 1 Tonga 73.21
14 Italy 72.05
15 Canada 70.75
16 Georgia 70.46
17 Romania 68.08
18 United States 67.21
19 Russia 63.43
20 Uruguay 61.86
21 Spain 60.65
22 Namibia 58.79
23 Hong Kong 58.47
24 Portugal 57.73
25 1 South Korea 57.22


And if you say South Korea or Portugal don't count then you could argue that NZ don't either.